Berkowitz (unit)

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The Berkowitz , also Berkowetz, was a Russian measure of weight and was considered a ship pound.

  • 1 Berkowitz = 10 poods = 400 pounds (Russian) = 38,400 solotnik = 163,597 kilograms
  • 3 Berkowitz = 1 pack = 30 poods = 1,200 pounds (Russian) = 490.790 kilograms

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 20.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 223.